Pool ball back



March 8, 1932. BUDDE 1,848,460

POOL BALL RACK Filed April 2, 1930 Patented Mar. 8 1932 UNITED STATESANNA M. BUDDE, OF MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA POOL BALL RACK Application filedApril 2, 1930. Serial No. 441,057.

This invention relates to pool ball racks and the primary object thereofis to provide a rack which will accommodate the fifteen balls ordinarilyused and in snooker pool will accommodate the smaller balls, sixteen innumber, which are used.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel spring pressedmeans for holding the balls whether fifteen or sixteen in number, incontacting relation so as to provide perfect racking thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a section on line2-2 of Fig. 1.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention the rack iscomposed of a triangular body 1 the forward end of which, however, isenlarged as indicated at 2 and is provided with a pocket 3 foraccommodating the sixteenth ball S which is used in snooker pool. Theinner sides 4 of the body adjacent to the pocket 3 converge outwardly ofthe rack and provide a seat for one of the balls B whether the latter beof the smaller or larger type, so as to hold the ball B out of thepocket S and in the instance of the smaller balls being used to enablethe ball to have contact with the ball S in the pocket 3 as shown inFig. 1.

The rear side of the rack is provided with a series of substantiallyU-shaped guides 5 having their ends turned outwardly and secured byscrews 6 or other suitable fastenings to the inner face of the rear endof the body.

' A thin metal or other strip preferably of a flexible nature indicatedat 7 has sliding movement within the guides 5 so as to move toward andfrom the rear end of the body. The ends of the strip 7 project beyondthe outermost guides 5 and have coiled springs 8 secured thereto, thelatter being anchored at 9 to the sides of the rack in any suitablemanner.

As shown in full lines in Fig. 1, sixteen balls are employed and due tothe tension exerted by the springs 8 on the strip 7, the latter is heldagainst the rear-most balls thus forcing and holding the remaining ballsin contact as shown. When the fifteen balls of ordinary pool are to beaccommodated the ball S is dispensed with and due to the resilientmounting of the strip 7, it will be apparent that the latter will beforced rearwardly as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 1 so as to thusaccommodate the larger balls and tohold same under tension as in theinstance of smaller balls.

What is claimed is:

1. Apool ball rack for use with balls of different sizes composed of asubstantially triangular body having a main ball receiving area andhaving two of its sides enlarged and formed with a receiving pocket fora single additional ball at the front end of the rack, the inner facesof said sides adjacent the pocket converging toward the latter to form aball receiving seat having a partially closed mouth to prevent entranceof a ball from the main area of said rack, into said pocket, spacedguides carried by the rear of the body and extending inwardly thereof, astrip slidable in the guides, and coil springs connected to the ends ofthe strip and to the inner faces of the said sides of the body forholding the strip engaged with the rearmost balls.

2. A pool hall rack for use with balls of different sizes composed of asubstantially V triangular body having a main ball receiving area andhaving two of its sides enlarged and formed with a receiving pocket fora single additional ball at the front end of the rack, the inner facesof said sides adjacent the pocket converging toward the latter to form aball-receiving seat having a partially closed mouth to prevent entranceof a ball from the main area of said rack, into said pocket, a slidablestrip at the rear of the body, and spring means'to hold the stripengaged with the rearmost balls.

3. A pool ball rack for use with balls of different sizes composed of asubstantially triangular body having a main ball receiv- 0 u n ing areaand having two of its sldes enlarged and formed with a receiving pocketfor a single additional ball at the front end of the rack, the innerfaces of said sides adjacent the pocket converging toward the latter toform a ball-receiving seat having a partially closed inouthrto prevententrance of a bal] -from the main area of said rack, into said pocket,and yieldable means to engage the rearmost balls.

4. In a pool ball rack, a ball holding body,

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